The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-04-28
THE WORK DONE.
The Laws that Were Passed by the
Twentieth Legislature.
The Matters that Give Bread to
Our Attorneys and Employ
ment to Our judges.

81, chapter 2, lie 7, be so amended as TO
hereafter read as follows:
Article G2-The entire archives of the
congress of the late Republic of Texas,
and of the several legislatures of the state
of Texas, arranged and filed according to
law, together with the records, books ana
journals of said congress and legislatures
of the state, prepared in accordance with
law, and heretofore, or that may be here
after de osited in the Office of the secre-
tarv of state, and declared to be archives
of said office.
Chapter 81 s. B. No. 1919 An act to
repeal article 1870, title 3, chapter 8, OF the
code of criminal procedure of the state
of Texas.
This repeats the restriction on Obtain
ing the writ of habeas corpus second
time.
Chapter 68 rs. b. No. 2 An act to re-
store to and confer upon the county
courts of Live Oak, Karnes, La Sale,
Kendall, Coryell, Pamela and Throckmor-
ton counties the civil and criminal jurls-
diction heretofore belonging to SAID
courts under the constitution and general
sta utes of the state, to conform the
jurisdiction of the district courts OF said
counties to such change, and to repeal
all laws in conflict with the provisions of
this act.
Chapter 60. rs. B. No. 249. An act to
provide for the venue of suits for dam
ages growing out of attachment and
seques ration suits.
Section BE it enacted by the legis-
lature of the state of Texas: That any
suit for damages growing out of wrong
full levy of writ of attachment or seques-
tratiOn, may be brought in any county
from which such writ issued, or in any
county in which any such levy is made
within this state.
Chapter 10. rs. B, No. 289. An act to
amend article 1862 of the revised civil
statutes of the state of Texas relating
to the descent and distribution of estates:
Article l652-When the intestate's chill
dren, or brothers and sisters, uncles and
aunts, or any other relations of the de-
ceased standing in the first and same de-
gree alone come into the partition, they
shall take per capita-that is to say, by
persons and when part of them being
dead and part living, the descendants of
those dead have right to partition, snch
descendants shall inherit only such pOr-
ton of said property as the parent
through whom they inherit would be en-
titled to if alive.
Chapter II. S. B. No. 1866 -Au act
to relieve the citizens of Calhoun county,
from the payment of taxes due to the
state of Texas for the year A. D. 1856.
Chapter 72.-IS B. No. 281. An act
to authorize any city or town in this state
to compromise existing indebtedness, and
to issue new bonds to be sold or exchanged
for this purpose, and to provide for the
| efficient collection of taxes to pay the
principal and interest of such new bonds
and to provide for the appointment OF
receivers for said municipal corporations
during the pendency of negotiations for
such compromise.
Whereas, In some cities and towns of
this state there is an existing indebted.
ness against the same, necessitating the
collection of an excessive tax upon the
people to pay the interest and provide a
sinking fund, as required by law for the
ultimate extinguishment of said indebt-
edness; and,
Whereas, 1t is believed a satisfactory
ad iustment, settlement and compromise
of much of said Indebtedness could be eff
fected between said cities and towns and
the holders of such indebtedness, if duly
authorized by law, by which such iudebt
ednes would be greatly reduced and taxa
tion necessary to meet the same greatly
lessened in amount; and
Whereas, The accomplishment of thi:
adjustment, settlement and compromise
is n great public necessity which requires
the rules to be suspended that this &C
may become law at the present session
of the legislature, and that it take effec
and be in force from and after its pas
sage; therefore,
Section BE it enacted by the legisla
ture of the state of Texas: That tn
mayor and board of aldermen of any cit,
or town in this state, are hereby author
lied and empowered, by resolution or or
dinance of said board of aldermen re
citing the caption of this act and adoptin,
the same, to compromise and fund an,
existing valid Indebtedness by such cit
or town issued, whether bonded or float
ing, and the coupons due upon the bonde
debt; and for this purpose they are here
by authorized and empowered to issu
new bonds, i'll denomination of not les
than fifty nor more than one thousan
dollars, i'll their discretion, with interes
coupons payable semi ,annually at the OF
flee of the state treasurer, or at sue
other places as said boards of alderme
shall provide; said new bonds to becom
due and payable in not exceeding thirt
years, and to bear such rate of interest
| not exceeding six Der cent mar aunuu
as i'll their discretion may best subserv
the purpose intended by this act.
Section mo compromise shall b
made under the provisions of this act b
which any debt shall be funded which
now barred by the statute of Limitation
or which may be barred at the time c
such compromise.
Section 3-The new bonds thus issue
by any city or town shall be exempt frol
; the payment of all taxes levied by sue
} city or town, and the taxes levied to pa
said new bonds may be paid in sal
bonds or coupons thereof if matureC
provided, that said coupons and bono
shall only be received in payment
taxes levied for the purpose of payin
such bonds and coupons.
Section THAT the mayor and board ,
aldermen shall cause to be prepared Il
necessary blank bonds to give effect
the provisions of this act, the cost
which shall be paid ont of the treasul
treasury of such city or town; said bon,
, when issued by any city or town shall /
signed by the mayor and attested by tl
, secretary Tor recorder if there be no seer
: taryl with the seal of such CITY oF tou